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I successfully restrung and tuned my ukulele!
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Buster’s doing a great imitation of everyone else in your house! 
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I had a job interview today. I’ve been reluctant to get back to the 9 to 5 but it’s just getting to a point financially where I need a regular paycheck.
I’ve been interested in cushy jobs, and a local university had an opening for an instructional designer job that lines up really well with my skills.
I interviewed with the whole design team - I think it says a lot about the manager that he pulled all of them off their projects to select a new colleague. I liked all the people and it felt like a strong interview.
They are supposed to get back next week with a selection but then it’s a bunch of hoops to get through the hiring process.
I’m very hopeful as it’s a state university so it’s got gobs of benefits. Pay is kinda crap but not worse than anything else I’ve seen in the area. Feels like a good fit for now.
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Oh! Good luck! Thinking good thoughts your way that you’ll get this job!
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Thank you. I’m so hopeful. If I get this, I can move into Jacksonville, and it’s so much more diverse than the area I’m in now. I feel like I can start to live my life again, because I’ll have some regular pay and the support to take care of myself, even though I still think a lot about getting back to Israel. But, I can’t deal with more upheaval. Just, hate being in fucking Florida of all places. Still, being at a State University that is growing (they said they are seeking to double their enrollment) will be a nice, comfortable job where I can stay and retire from. I also can take 6 credit hours a semester, which would be nice. Hoping to run my business on the side and use some of my funds to promote my business startup course as a self-guided program.
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That sounds like the perfect set-up for you!
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For the very first time ever since being diagnosed with diabetes (almost 20 years ago? I don’t remember exactly when), my blood sugar is now officially under control. 
A1C for the last few years: 8.2, 8.6, 8.1, 8.4, 8.1, 7.7, 7.6, 6.5
(I also lost 5 pounds over the course of a year, for the second time in a row, which isn’t a lot but I’ll take what I can get)
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Good job you!!!
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As a follow-up, I didn’t get that job, nor another job at Citi that had me submit an elaborate work sample and I never even spoke to anyone to learn anything about the position. I’m pretty upset about it. Just goign to keep going.
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I’m so sorry… I’m sure you’ll find something soon though. Hang in there…
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I hate that.
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Yeah, it was really a bad experience. But I have a good work sample out o fit.
Thanks @mindysan33. It’d be nice to be done with job hunting, but just gonna keep on keepin’ on.
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I’ve not filed taxes for some time, as my credit-card creditors would’ve sucked out of my bank account any refund I might receive. This year, since I outwaited the bastards and they discharged my debts, I filed MI taxes. (being below the poverty line, i’m not required to file fed or state taxes).
Today, I received my state tax refund and I opened a checking and a savings account. Y’all are the first to know, other than the bank teller.
When I opened the envelope, I didn’t expect it to be a four-digit figure that starts with a 1 and isn’t much over that amount. I was gobsmacked. One can get anxiety attacks from good news, apparently.
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Congrats! As someone who grew up poor, and barely breaking even for a lot of my adult life, I get nervous if I have money in the bank. I guess we know how to cope if we don’t have enough, but having enough is unfamiliar, and thus, a bit scary.
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Oh, that’s great news, Lucy! Glad to hear it!
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One of the first things I’m gonna do is pay back my dealer for all the free cannabis he’s fronted me.
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